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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & TV2

KentWired

Graduates pose on stage Thursday at the Kent Student Center Ballroom for Lavender Graduation, an annual event honoring the accomplishments of LGBTQ+ graduates.

Lavender Graduation celebrates accomplishments of LGBTQ+ graduates

Aden Graves, Co-opinion editor May 3, 2024

Students, staff and families filled the Kent Student Center Ballroom Thursday for Lavender Graduation, an annual event honoring the accomplishments of LGBTQ+ graduates. The LGBTQ+ Center started the...

Trashed or trash? St. Patty’s Day leaves lasting effect on environment

Morgan Hoover, Reporter May 3, 2024

The legendary signal of a party, the red solo cup, takes 450 years to decompose — if it’s even able to. America’s beloved cup is made of six plastics, quantified as no. 6 plastic, each being incredibly...

KentWired Illustration by Emily Riebe

OPINION: Here’s your ‘Hot Girl Summer’ guide

Carlina Krajnik, Opinion Writer May 3, 2024

As the spring kisses us with its tantalizing warmth and summer's everlasting glow, it's time to embrace the sizzling energy of a "Hot Girl Summer." Coined by the beautiful Megan Thee Stallion, this cultural...

KentWired Comic by Sydney Spickard

A Vicious Cycle

Sydney Spickard, Designer May 3, 2024

Outside of Popped!, which is located 138 E. Main St., in Acorn Alley.

Kent businesses talk about what business is like during the summer

Adrianna Quinlan, Reporter May 3, 2024

The summer months are right around the corner, and businesses in Kent are preparing for another summer season.  With students leaving for summer to go back home and stay with family, one would think...

Head coach Kenni Burns leads the team to the tunnel before the Northern Illinois game on Nov. 25, 2023.

Burns excited for upcoming football season

Matt Franos, Reporter May 3, 2024

In coach Kenni Burns' first year as head coach of Kent State football, the team went 1-11.  Burns came from Minnesota, where he was the assistant head coach. He had to work through a sudden change...

The Eastway bowling alley lit up May 1, 2024.

Bowling teams strike up conversation about Eastway alley

Andrew Bowie, Reporter May 3, 2024

Members of the Kent State men’s and women’s bowling teams were allowed to test out the bowling alley underneath Eastway Dining Center Wednesday. They were allowed in to solicit feedback on the quality...

One of the models stops to pose in the 2024 KSU Annual Fashion Show on April 25, 2024.

Annual Fashion Show seamlessly incorporates sustainability, culture

Adriana Gasiewski, Beat Reporter May 2, 2024

The lights dimmed over the catwalk as models wearing a quilt-like skirt and a jacket, which was formerly a duffel bag, made their way onto the stage in The Student Center Ballroom. Multiple shows took...

Jake Casey tosses his bat towards the Kent State dugout after being hit by a pitch in the second inning of the Golden Flashes 27-0 blowout of Youngstown State March 12, 2024.

Wolverines claw back to walk off baseball in extras

John Hilber, Assistant Sports Editor May 2, 2024

Kent State baseball’s game against Michigan Tuesday was the Flashes’ to lose — and they did that after surrendering two runs in the bottom of the ninth to force extra innings before ultimately falling...

People attend the 52nd annual May 4th commemoration on May 4, 2023.

13 seconds of bloodshed: Community shares themes of activism, First Amendment with upcoming May 4 commemoration

Lauren Bischof, Beat Reporter May 2, 2024

What happened May 4, 1970, is as relevant as ever, according to employees at the May 4 Visitors Center and university experts. Decades ago on The Commons by Taylor Hall, four Kent State students were...

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